# Adoration of the Magi \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Tempera on wood ## Commentary Ghirlandaio \(second from the right\) gazes out at us from this picture, more modestly than in his other self-portrait \(like <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/g/ghirland/domenico/6tornab/61tornab/1expuls1.html'\)" HREF="/html/g/ghirland/domenico/6tornab/61tornab/1expuls1.html">in the Tornabuoni Chapel</A> or <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/g/ghirland/domenico/5sassett/frescoes/6resurr4.html'\)" HREF="/html/g/ghirland/domenico/5sassett/frescoes/6resurr4.html">in the Sassetti Chapel</A>\). It is thought that the churchman dressed in black in front of him is the man who commissioned the panel painting, Francesco di Giovanni Tesori. Above these two portraits, the Slaughter of the Innocents in Bethlehem is shown. The town beyond this, in which we can see monuments such as the Colosseum, Trajan's Column, the Torre del Milizie, and a pyramid, is meant to be reminiscent of Rome. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()